The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-05
The American Association.

ST. LOUIS May 4-The Browns had the game
handsomely when rain stopped it after they
had made two runs in their half of the seventh
inning, making a Swimming game of it. King.
the Browns young pitcher, did magnificent
work, but safe hit, made by Hecker, in the
sixth inning, being scored against him. He gave
Louisville their only in the first inning by
hitting Kerins and sending him home on a very
wild pitch, the ball going into the grand stand.
After this, King settled down steadily and
pitched in superb style. He gave two men bases
on balls. Ramsey was very Wild and gave the
Browns most of their runs. He struck out
seven men in six innings. A wonderful running
catch made by WEIGH in the fifth inning.
when Louisville had the bases full. Ramsey hit
a long line fly to short center, which WEIGH
beautifully captured On a hard run, and effected
a pretty double play to Comiskey, catching Rec
cius off first Following is the score:
st. Louis. -----.-------.-----O o.
Stolen Bases-Latham, Conniskey 90, WEIGH o.
King. Errors-St. Louis. 81 Louisville, 3 Double
Bushong Collins, Merrick: Hit by pitched ball
WEIGH, Kerin MS, Recciqs Struck 9ut-lsy King 1 by
Ramsey, z. Wild pitches-King /; Ramsey, 2. Time
-1:50 Umpire-Wlam Medart.
CLEVELAND, 6; CINCINNATI 10.
CLEVELAND. May 4.-The first Association
game of the Cleveland club on the home grounds
was played to-day with the Cincinnati Reds.
After hard-fought battle the Clevelands
downed at the tail end of the game. Fully 1000
people were present. and excitement ran high.
Until the seventh inning both clubs played
beautifully, but the Clevelands then weakened
and lost the game through costly Nor
rison did good work in the box, and Cleveland
hit Mullane for seventeen bases. McKeau's long.
drive to right field in the ninth inning, and
left hand stop of hot grounder by Fennelly
were the features of the game. Score:
Cleveland. -----.----O o o o . 6
Cincinnati. o o o 3 L 10
Earned runs-Cleveland, 3; Cincinnati, 2. Two
Stolen bases-Hotaling, l: Mexican. /; Mann, l; Allen
l; Herr, 1; strckers: l; Morrison, 2; Ncol l; Nc
win. 2; Mullane /. Errors-Cleveland. 10: Cincin-
natl, 3; First base on bas-Hotaling o. Sweeney
Hit by pitched ball-Hotaling. Reilly. First base
errors-Cleyeland;, l. Cincinnati, 4 Struck out
ball-Baldwin, 1. Wild DECENTRALIZATION, 2; Null
lane, /. Time-Two hours and twelve minutes.
Umpire-Cuthbert
BALTIMORE. 6; ATHLETICS. 2.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-Titcombs irres ular
delivery in the first inning practically gave to-
days game to Baltimore. He sent Greenwood,
Burns and Purcell to first on balls, all OF whom
scored, thanks to a misplay by Lyons. Kiroy
was very effective against the Athletic batsmen
usual. and did not send man to frst on
balls. The fielding of Flanagan, Tucker, Som
mer and Purcell was the feature of the game
Score:
Baltimore. a u L u y u i u O-6
Athletics .----..O o o o o.
Twobase hit-Robinson. Three-base hit-Grifin n.
Stolen bases-Greenwood ~. Purcell. Fulmer, Som
mer LYONS Errors-Baltimore, 2; Athletics, z.
Double play-Flanagan and McGarr. First base
bals--Greenwood (2). Burns, Purcell Fulmer. First
base on errors-Athletics, 2 Baltimore, 8. Struck
out-Athetics, 4; Baltimore, 6. Passed bals-Rob
inson. A; Fulmer, 2. Wild pitches-Titcomb, 3.
Umpire-Mc Quade.
BROOKLYN, Z; METRoPoLITANs, 3.
New YORK, May About ,00G people went
to Staten Island, to-day, to see the Metropoitans
and Brooklyns play. There a good deal of
excitement. When Umpire knight. in the fifth
inning declared Donahue out for running TO
first out of the line of base, wrangle ensued.
During the row Managing Director Watrous, of
the Metropolitans, rushed on the field and as
sumed a superiority that did not suit Manager
Byrne, of the Brooklyns. and the result was that
Watrous was ordered out of the field. The
Brookyns by timely hits and errors by
Sommers and Donahue. Score:
Metropolitans....--.O 0 o 1 O 2 O-3
BROOKLYN .1 o o o OF
Earned neutrality-suspicious., l. Brooklyn. /. Two
base hits-Nelson, d. OBrien Mcclellan Three base
hit-O'Ne Stolen bases-Nelson, Hankinson, Dona-
hue Hall. Mcclellan, McTam many First base
balls-Radford, Donahue Hall, Pinckney, Mcram-
many. Phillips. Hit by pitched ball-Nelson Dona-
hue McTamrnany, Phillips. First base errors
Metropolitans, l. BROOKLYN. g. Struck out-By
Shaffer / Passed ball-O' Bren, 1. Wild pitch
Henderson. L. Umpire-Knight.